Check laravel websocket on server - php

Question

Im trying to implement laravel websockets and trying to access dashboard.
http://127.0.0.1:8000/laravel-websockets Address leads me to the dashboard on my local machine but when i host it and try www.mysite.com/laravel-websockets, it shows that the page doesn't exist.
Im using this package for laravel websockets and AWS EC2 Instance for hosting.
broadcasting.php
<?php
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Broadcaster
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This option controls the default broadcaster that will be used by the
| framework when an event needs to be broadcast. You may set this to
| any of the connections defined in the "connections" array below.
|
| Supported: "pusher", "ably", "redis", "log", "null"
|
*/
'default' => env('BROADCAST_DRIVER', 'null'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Broadcast Connections
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may define all of the broadcast connections that will be used
| to broadcast events to other systems or over websockets. Samples of
| each available type of connection are provided inside this array.
|
*/
'connections' => [
'pusher' => [
'driver' => 'pusher',
'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
'app_id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
'options' => [
'cluster' => env('PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER'),
'useTLS' => false,
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'port' => 6001,
'scheme' => 'http'
],
],
'ably' => [
'driver' => 'ably',
'key' => env('ABLY_KEY'),
],
'redis' => [
'driver' => 'redis',
'connection' => 'default',
],
'log' => [
'driver' => 'log',
],
'null' => [
'driver' => 'null',
],
],
];

Answer 1

By default, access to the WebSocket dashboard is only allowed while your application environment is set to local.
However, you can change this behavior by overriding the Laravel Gate being used. A good place for this is the AuthServiceProvider that ships with Laravel.
public function boot()
{
$this->registerPolicies();
Gate::define('viewWebSocketsDashboard', function ($user = null) {
return in_array($user->email, [
//
]);
});
}
Refer to this doc https://beyondco.de/docs/laravel-websockets/debugging/dashboard#protecting-the-dashboard